eSecurity Planet

AUGUST 9, 2022

The FTC, for example, has an extremely broad regulatory reach (sometimes having overlapping jurisdiction with other agencies) and enforces many laws not mentioned here that affect data practices. for example, all 50 states (along with the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. In the U.S.,

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

JULY 12, 2023

It highlights the essential role of teachers, trainers, and other educators in providing skills for youth to transition to the labor market and actively engage in their communities and societies. Rather than being consumed by worry, we should focus on imparting the necessary skills to help youngsters stay safe and secure online.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

educational nonprofit organization National Student Clearinghouse disclosed a data breach that impacted approximately 900 US schools. According to the data breach notification letter, the data that was affected by this issue varies by individual.

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Hunton Privacy

DECEMBER 14, 2023

On December 12, 2023, the Centre for Information Policy Leadership at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP (“CIPL”) released a white paper on Privacy-Enhancing and Privacy-Preserving Technologies: Understanding the Role of PETs and PPTs in the Digital Age.

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OpenText Information Management

MAY 2, 2024

Risk management, records management, or compliance teams are usually the first to raise the alarm, as content sprawl makes it increasingly difficult for them to ensure that information security and data governance policies are being applied consistently. Business Workspaces in OpenText™ Extended ECM are a great example.

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Here is an example of the new Nigerian scam to which I have given the name ” Beyond the border scam ” and which is carried out entirely online and via email. He is also the author of the book “La Gestione della Cyber Security nella Pubblica Amministrazione”. Education improves awareness” is his slogan.

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Lenny Zeltser

MAY 11, 2023

Becoming a chief information security officer (CISO) might not make sense for everyone in the field, and that’s okay. For example, at my former job, we loved hiring former bartenders who had an interest in security and tinkered with IT gadgets as a hobby–they were strong at multitasking and interacting with people.

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IT Governance

OCTOBER 6, 2022

This October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, an event designed to educate people about information security and the steps they can take to stay safe online. You can find a full list of events on Stay Safe Online , where you can also find information security tips.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Update your Zimbra webmail A classic example of fake technical support for urgent Zimbra application updates. About the author: Salvatore Lombardo Electronics engineer and Clusit member, for some time now, espousing the principle of conscious education, he has been writing for several online magazine on information security.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

The ransomware gang hit organizations in multiple industries, including the education, healthcare, manufacturing, information technology, and government sectors. PuTTY.exe Rhysida actors have been observed creating Secure Shell (SSH) PuTTy connections for lateral movement. The victims of the group are “targets of opportunity.”

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IT Governance

JULY 6, 2022

One way to improve our ability to remember information is by making the learning material more meaningful and easier to understand. Ideally, examples should be used to make the lessons clearer. Take information security staff awareness for instance. One of the most common examples of interactive learning is gamification.

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IT Governance

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

But to give you an example, one of our partners, Tela Technology, an IT and telecoms solutions provider, was unable to offer ISO accreditations for its clients – something that could be a dealbreaker for certain clients with specific legal or business requirements. So this year, for example, the PCI DSS v4.0

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IT Governance

MAY 10, 2023

Whether ChatGPT is the future of many industries or it turns out to be a passing trend – with its capabilities overestimated by technophiles who believe that automation and mass unemployment are the keys to prosperity – one thing is for sure: it’s currently an information security nightmare. Can you spot a scam?

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

The alternative was to use the stolen information directly for fraudulent purposes. For example, if a criminal hacker stole payment card data, they could make bogus payments on victims’ cards for goods or services. Examples of cyber extortion. For the same reason, the education sector and public services are often targeted.

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Hunton Privacy

AUGUST 4, 2021

As part of the settlement, Zoom also agreed to a number of changes to its privacy and security practices. The proposed settlement also focuses on consumer education. Class members would be eligible to receive payment, regardless of whether they paid for a Zoom account.

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IT Governance

MAY 7, 2019

Why your employee’s social media use is an information security risk. There are abundant examples of people’s tweets coming back to haunt them years later. Staff should also be careful not to include too much personal information on social media profiles. Oversharing.

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Thales Cloud Protection & Licensing

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Key responsibilities of a compliance officer typically include: Regulatory Compliance: Monitoring and interpreting laws and regulations that pertain to the industry and the organization, for example, the right to be forgotten. Risk Assessment: Identifying potential compliance risks within the organization's operations, products, and services.

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Security Affairs

OCTOBER 17, 2023

With 85% of campaigns targeting victims with phishing emails containing malicious links, another form of a social engineering attack, education and cyber vigiliance remain a high priority. Why should employers educate employees about cyber security? or.con rather than.com, for example.

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Security Affairs

JUNE 1, 2023

“Individuals’ personal information (PII) such as full names, dates of birth, emails, phone numbers, and home addresses can be exploited for identity theft, spear phishing attacks, and other sorts of fraud,” our researchers warned. For example, fraudsters could abuse such data to launch sham recruiting agencies.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 4, 2021

The US Securities and Exchange Commission warns investors of potential investment scams that leverages Hurricane Ida as a bait. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy is warning investors of potential investment scams related to Hurricane Ida. Pierluigi Paganini.

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Hunton Privacy

JULY 5, 2022

Under the Cyber Workforce Program Act, the Office of Personal Management (“OPM”) must create a rotational work force development program across federal agencies, including the development of relevant procedures, prerequisites for participation, performance measures and requirements with respect to training, education and career development.

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IT Governance

JULY 25, 2018

One overlooked side-effect of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) is the extent to which data privacy and information security have become widely discussed. For example, the below screenshot shows a friend asking me about a suspicious link. Discussion is good.

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IT Governance

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In theory, this should be no different when it comes to cyber security. Whether it’s a top-level role, such as a CISO (chief information security officer), or a member of the IT team who takes on security-related tasks, there are plenty of job roles suited for varying levels of seniority and experience.

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IT Governance

MAY 12, 2020

COVID-19 Cyber Risk and Data Privacy Response featured Camilla Winlo, DQM’s director of consultancy services; Geraint Williams, GRC International Group’s chief information security officer; and John Potts, GRCI Law’s head of DPO, DSAR and breach support. However, just because nothing has gone wrong yet doesn’t mean you’re in the clear.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2023

And while the country is not that big of a market for the car maker, this discovery is yet another example of how big and well-known brands fail to secure sensitive data. A brand, best known for its lion roaring for over a century, has leaked access to its user data in Peru. env) hosted on the official Peugeot store for Peru.

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Security Affairs

MAY 2, 2023

“They deliver important security improvements between software updates — for example, improvements to the Safari web browser, the WebKit framework stack, or other critical system libraries. “New Rapid Security Responses are delivered only for the latest version of iOS, iPadOS and macOS — beginning with iOS 16.4.1,

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Security Affairs

JULY 1, 2023

Victims have to provide a pair of files, one encrypted by the Akira ransomware and its original files “On the following page, you need to supply an example of a file in its original form and then one encrypted by Akira ransomware. Avast released both a 64-bit decryptor and a 32-bit Windows decryptor. Type both names of the files.

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Security Affairs

AUGUST 6, 2023

BlueCharlie primarily focuses operations on defense and intelligence consulting companies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), think tanks, and higher education. Some examples are cloudrootstorage[.]com, com, directexpressgateway[.]com, com, storagecryptogate[.]com,

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Security Affairs

MAY 7, 2021

As of April 28, the site mentioned nine companies primarily from aviation, financial, education and manufacturing industries. An example of spam email content Clicking the malicious link obviously leads to downloading a weaponized document. Usually, Hancitor is distributed via spam campaigns. Built-in tools were also abused.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 30, 2020

The impacted WordPress plugins are LearnPress , LearnDash , and LifterLMS , the issued could be exploited by unauthenticated users, to steal personal information of registered users to achieve teacher privileges. LearnPress and LifterLMS have been already downloaded over 1.6 million times. ” reads the post published by Check Point.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 17, 2023

As an example, the attackers can attempt to trick the recipient into opening the file by asking them to provide the documentation pertaining to the attached application or to calculate the contract value based on the attached cost estimate. The messages would be urging the recipients to open an enclosed PDF file.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 25, 2023

By far the most common class of security issues discovered were logical bugs due to the complexity of Intel processors generally, and the TDX feature specifically.” ” continues the analysis. Completely eliminating these logical issues is much more difficult than moving to a memory safe language such as Rust.”

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Security Affairs

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

A secure email gateway can further enhance the protection of the recipients. Invest in cybersecurity education. To detect malicious cyber activities, the European agencies recommend: Implement robust log collection and regularly review alerts triggered by security components.

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Security Affairs

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

but that recursive question raised a more general question: what are the differences between cybersecurity educational models? The education process is based upon the information to be shared, by meaning that information is the “starting brick” of education. The information that I don’t known I don’t have yet.

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Security Affairs

NOVEMBER 10, 2019

AI could also assist sectors that cybercriminals frequently target, such as the education industry. Cybercriminals know that entities in education have historically lacked cybersecurity resources , a problem that makes it easier to pull off successful attacks.

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IT Governance

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Booking.com confirms phishing attack Booking.com has apparently confirmed what the information security press has known for some time: another phishing campaign has been targeting its users and trying to steal their credit card information. You can find everything you might want to know about phishing on our website.

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Security Affairs

APRIL 24, 2023

Some examples include Microsoft Exchange, Salesforce, SharePoint, SQL, Spiceworks, VMware Horizon, and VoIP. Exposed corporate data and sensitive data include the maps of sensitive applications hosted locally or in the cloud. ” concludes the report.

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